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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 222

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we may find other birdswith similar tail-fea-thers and others stillwith yoked toes, wemay be sure that whenall the four charactersmentioned appear inone bird, that bird isa woodpecker. In color woodpeckers differ greatly; black,brown, green, yellow, and red are found invarying proportions and… … THE WOODPECKER AT WORK. Strike the tuft of hair upon it, At their root, the long black tresses; There alone can he be wounded. After the contest, when the great Pearl-fea- 742 THE LITTLE DRUMMER OF THE WOODS. [July, Then the grateful HiawathaCalled the Mama, the woodpecker,From his perch among the…

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